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A History of the Indian University SystemBeginnings

A History of the Indian University System: Beginnings [The institution of higher learning in British India did not start with the establishment of the university system in 1857. Its origin can be traced back to the start of the British rule in India—to the time when the East India Company made the crucial transition from being a merchant trader to a landowner and a collector of taxes during the mid and late eighteenth century. Institutions of higher learning had always been a part of the colonial apparatus in British India. There was often a sharp divergence between the rhetoric of the colonial administration in matters relating to higher education and the actual policies. It is the argument of this chapter that the dominant motivations that underpinned these policies were political and economic. Whilst colourful rhetoric was strategically used by British administrators and educationalists in debates on higher learning in India, economic forces played a more fundamental role in setting up of the system and often remained implicit in the debate. But central they were, and this chapter will seek to demonstrate why they made the ideological victory of the Anglicists over Orientalists on the issue of the primary medium of delivering education to local Indians, less significant than what is usually made out to be.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of the Indian University SystemBeginnings

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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978-1-137-53570-2
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13 –37
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10.1057/978-1-137-53571-9_2
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[The institution of higher learning in British India did not start with the establishment of the university system in 1857. Its origin can be traced back to the start of the British rule in India—to the time when the East India Company made the crucial transition from being a merchant trader to a landowner and a collector of taxes during the mid and late eighteenth century. Institutions of higher learning had always been a part of the colonial apparatus in British India. There was often a sharp divergence between the rhetoric of the colonial administration in matters relating to higher education and the actual policies. It is the argument of this chapter that the dominant motivations that underpinned these policies were political and economic. Whilst colourful rhetoric was strategically used by British administrators and educationalists in debates on higher learning in India, economic forces played a more fundamental role in setting up of the system and often remained implicit in the debate. But central they were, and this chapter will seek to demonstrate why they made the ideological victory of the Anglicists over Orientalists on the issue of the primary medium of delivering education to local Indians, less significant than what is usually made out to be.]

Published: Mar 8, 2017

Keywords: Civil Servant; High Learning; Asiatic Society; Administrative Structure; Ruling Elite

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